Stradivaria
Stradivaria, in full named Stradivaria: Ensemble Baroque de Nantes, is among France's leading ensembles specializing in Baroque music. The group has cultivated a distinctive sound that it has applied to both French Baroque works and those from beyond France.
Stradivaria was founded in 1987 by violinist Daniel Cuiller, who left the pioneering French group Les Arts Florissants in order to create the new ensemble. He had already established an earlier group, the Ensemble Baroque de France, which impressed William Christie enough that he offered Cuiller the first violin chair in Les Arts Florissants. Cuiller's motivation for the newer ensemble was to explore both obscure and familiar works, mostly but not exclusively French, in new interpretations. Stradivaria proclaims that "in their approach to performing Baroque music, these expert performers have created what has come to be known as the 'Stradivaria sound.' rich and vibrant, full of life, imbued with tenderness and poetry, instantly recognisable." The group is a string ensemble but has expanded to contain other instruments when venturing forward into music of the Classical period. Based in the western French city of Nantes, where it holds the title of permanent Baroque ensemble-in-residence, Stradivaria has performed across France as well as in such faraway venues as the Hanoi Opera and the Croisements Festival in Beijing. In 2015, the group performed and recorded a series of grands motets, Les Victoires de Louis XV, at Versailles palace. Especially notable has been Stradivaria's large discography, which began in 1995 with an album of Concerts en sextuor by Rameau. Signed to the Mirare label in 2005, Stradivaria has released several unique world premieres, including that of the opera Pirame et Thisbé (1728) by François Francoeur and François Rebel. The year 2019 saw two new releases by Stradivaria: the group joined cellist Raphaël Pidoux for an album of cello concertos by Jean-Louis Duport, and later in the year they issued La Guerre de Te Deum, featuring works involved in an 18th century composition competition. With the group Anacréon, Stradivaria operates a competition of its own, the International Early Music Competition of the Loire Valley.
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10 album(s) • Trié par Meilleures ventes
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Jean-Louis Duport: Concertos pour violoncelle
Stradivaria, Daniel Cuiller, Raphaël Pidoux
Classique - Paru chez Mirare le 1 févr. 2019
24-Bit 88.2 kHz - Stereo -
Stradivaria plays Telemann (Stradivaria / Daniel Cuiller)
Musique symphonique - Paru chez Mirare le 2 sept. 2008
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Richter: Leçons des Ténèbres
Classique - Paru chez Cypres le 1 juin 2000
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Giovanni Battista Fontana : Sonate a violino ed altri strumenti
Stradivaria and Daniel Cuiller
Musique de chambre - Paru chez Mirare le 10 mars 2014
4 étoiles Classica5 de Diapason24-Bit 88.2 kHz - Stereo -
Madin: Te Deum pour les victoires de Louis XV (Live) (Live Recording at La Chapelle Royale du Château de Versailles)
Stradivaria, Les Cris de Paris - Geoffroy Jourdain, Daniel Cuiller
Classique - Paru chez Alpha Classics le 29 avr. 2016
4F de TéléramaChoc de Classica24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
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Corelli & co
Stradivaria, Daniel Cuiller, Antoine Ladrette, Benjamin Perrot, Jocelyne Cuiller
Classique - Paru chez Cypres le 1 juin 2001
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Stradivaria plays Telemann
Classique - Paru chez Mirare le 2 sept. 2008
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Charpentier: Motets pour la Semaine Sainte et Messes à 4 choeurs
Studio de musique ancienne de Montréal, Christopher Jackson, Stradivaria, Daniel Cuiller
Classique - Paru chez ATMA Classique le 1 mars 2005
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Stabat Mater
Stradivaria, Isabelle Poulenard, Isabelle Desrochers, Martin Oro
Classique - Paru chez Cypres le 2 mai 2000
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo